What games should I get to help me fall in love with my 3DS?

I have a 3DS that gets used nowhere near as much as it should and would love to get back into it, but I just always find good games hard to come by - the kiddyishness of most of them just kind of puts me off.

What games would help me get back into it?

Machismo Fan

If you're looking to avoid "kiddyishness" go for stuff like Fire Emblem Awakening and Bravely Default. Two games you could easily put a combined 100 hours into. And the Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask 3D remakes.

Don't undersell supposed "kiddy games" though, Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Mario 3D Land, A Link Between Worlds, Smash 3DS, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Mario Kart 7, Mario and Luigi Dream Team and Animal Crossing New Leaf are all top quality games. The 3DS has a fairly fantastic software catalogue.

Nollog

What games do you like?
Do you have a preferred genre?

etc.

Is Fire Emblem a turn based game? I've never had the patience for those.

Regarding games that I've enjoyed -

Zelda games. I'm currently playing Spirit Tracks right now and thoroughly enjoying it.

And that's mostly it on my 3DS. Like I said, gets played nowhere near as much as I should.

Nothing with stupid mechanics. One of the things I hate about spirit tracks and phantom hourglass is the whole mechanic of having to blow or making a noise into the mic. If I'm playing in public, it's something I'd rather not deal with.

Nollog

Fire Emblem is indeed a Turn-based strategy RPG.

Link to the past 2 is a great game

ironfall invasion if it's still on the eshop is a shooter that runs at 60 fps

CiDeRmAn

Fire emblem is a turn based game but fast paced and very enjoyable, sharing DNA with the outstanding Advance Wars series.
Don't be worried about if it appears childish, what you want to focus on is challenge and fun, and if so go for Donkey Kong Country Returns and Super Mario 3D Land.
Also, check out the likes of Street Fighter IV and Tekken, both worth picking up and excellent conversions.

And, if you don't already own it, buy Wario Ware Inc for the GBA via Eshop, its probably the most fun handheld game ever.
I still play it on my Gameboy Micro and its a must have.

/\/ollog

/\/ollog wrote: »

Fire Emblem is indeed a Turn-based strategy RPG.

Link to the past 2 is a great game

ironfall invasion if it's still on the eshop is a shooter that runs at 60 fps

I tried to play a demo of Ironfall Invasion, but I found the movement with the stylus far too sluggish for my liking.

I'm checking out the games available on Virtual Console.

CiDeRmAn

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I tried to play a demo of Ironfall Invasion, but I found the movement with the stylus far too sluggish for my liking.

You're too kind, I thought it was derivative crud myself

Pac1Man

Don't discount the DS games either. Get your hands on Chrono Trigger, the Ace Attorney games and 999.

You have no excuse to be bored if you own a 3DS!

CiDeRmAn

Pac1Man wrote: »

Don't discount the DS games either. Get your hands on Chrono Trigger, the Ace Attorney games and 999.

:eek:
That's a SNES game!
I have it!
You blasphemer!
Out you go!

I'd be up for playing some DS games too, not just 3DS ones.

Pac1Man

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

:eek:
That's a SNES game!
I have it!
You blasphemer!
Out you go!

Do you play that on your Retron 5?

(Oh no he didn't) :pac:

Nollog

Monster Hunter 4 U
Phoenix Wright Trilogy and/or dual destinies I believe are both digital only. The whole series is great, if you like puzzles and animesk stories.
layton series.
If you like both of those, there's a good layton V wright crossover game too.
kid icarus is good if you hate your hands.

There's some really great eShop games.
Liberation maiden, mutant mudds, mighty switch force, cave story, gunman clive, dillons rolling western, starship damrey, 1001 spikes, and lots more.

CiDeRmAn

Pac1Man wrote: »

Do you play that on your Retron 5?

(Oh no he didn't) :pac:

Ha!
I play it on my region free SNES!
I chopped the cart port to accept US carts and had a switchless mod installed, meaning I only have to hold down Select to switch from US to EU to Jap and the relevant 50/60Hz, so I can own Starfox and Chronotrigger from the US, Kirbys Dreamland 3 from Japan and Super Mario Allstars+ SMW from the EU... and pipe it all through an RGB cable onto my 29" Sony Trinitron CRT!
All good baby...
Nothing but net!



But I can also play it on my Retron 5.....

Pac1Man

Nice! I'll have to contend with the Virtual Console (and DS ports) for my SNES fix for now. The lack of physical copies hurt my soul though.

Dozen Wicked Words

Couple of recommendations from my limited collection. Super Street Fighter 4 on 3ds, its an excellent version of the game, great fun to play.

Maybe turn based tactical isn't your thing, but Ghost Recon Shadow Wars is brilliant (designed by the legend Julian Gollop) and both of these games are regularly in bargain buckets and can be got for half nothing.

CiDeRmAn

The man is a genius, I have to pick up Rebelstar Command for the GBA.

Retr0gamer

Shin Megami Tensei 4 is an excellent RPG. Pity it's only available digitally because Nintendo screwed up the European release and delayed it by 2 years.

Nollog

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Maybe turn based tactical isn't your thing, but Ghost Recon Shadow Wars is brilliant (designed by the legend Julian Gollop) and both of these games are regularly in bargain buckets and can be got for half nothing.

I'd have suggested that in a heartbeat if she didn't like the genre. Absolutely the best launch game on the 3ds.

iamtony

Get over the kiddish look thing or sell it and buy a vita.

Resident evil revolutions might suit you?

Mario 3d land is for me the best game I've played so far. It, like all Mario games, starts off easy and forgiving but then ramps up the difficulty to extreme and that's when the game becomes frickin awesome.

I guess the Kiddishness isn't too much of an issue, but the problem is it's hard to tell the difference between what might be good and what might be absolutely terrible.

Retr0gamer

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess the Kiddishness isn't too much of an issue, but the problem is it's hard to tell the difference between what might be good and what might be absolutely terrible.

The only hard and fast rule you need: If it's made by Nintendo or Atlus it more than likely rocks balls.

Feck it, even that New Style Boutique/Style Savvy Trendsetters game about running a fashionable clothing shop that Nintendo made is a hidden gem on the system filled with laugh out loud dialogue. It's hard to go wrong with them.

OwaynOTT

Buy the DS castlevania games and enjoy.

Myrddin

Another vote for Link Between Worlds here, it's a gorgeous game & certainly not 'kiddy'

super_furry

The 3D Outrun on the estore is a thing of beauty and only a fiver too.

Machismo Fan

Also Pushmo and Boxboy are really neat puzzle games on the eShop. Cheap too.

Ace Attorney

Fantasy life is a good game, kind of an Rpg where you choose from different 'lives' to play the game from fishing,hunter,paladin etc yo can change at any stage of the game. Mario Kart 7 for obvious reasons is a lot of fun too.
If you are looking for different type of game to play maybe pick up the ace attorney HD trilogy from the eshop, where you investigate crimes and go to court in a kind of a point and click adventure, sounds dull but the storys are good, the trilogy is especially good. There is a demo on the eshop of the later game in the series called Duel destinys that will give you a feel of the court room scenes so maybe try that to get the feel for the game.

da gamer

Zelda a link between world's, the best game I've played in recent years. Luigi's mansion dark moon is an absolute gem aswell and one of the best games nintendo have made for the system. Mario kart 7 like all mk games is classic and there are tons of ds games worth picking up

Withrax

Get Resident Evil Revelations. Straight up. It plays a lot like resident evil 4 and the graphics are really nice too. I would also recommend ridge racer which is really cool with the 3D on.

Does Resident Evil Revelations require the stylus to move? Those games are just so clunky when moving.

I guess what I'm looking for is any game that doesn't use the DS/3DS features as a gimmick, you know? So nothing that requires blowing into the mic, using the stylus to move in an FPS (it works in Zelda games like Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass or just 3D games in general).

Withrax

No there's no nancying about with the stylus in Revelations. You use the left analog to aim and move. It's stop and shoot like resi 4/ gears of war. Oh forgot to mention that monster hunter 4 is a crackin game too. Takes quite a few hours to understand whats going on though.

Honestly.. I didn't really like Monster Hunter 3 (awaits the backlash). It just wasn't for me. It reminded me a bit too much of the likes of Pokemon, where you're pretty much just walking around and stuff happens.

Nollog

Deleted User wrote: »

Does Resident Evil Revelations require the stylus to move? Those games are just so clunky when moving.

I guess what I'm looking for is any game that doesn't use the DS/3DS features as a gimmick, you know? So nothing that requires blowing into the mic, using the stylus to move in an FPS (it works in Zelda games like Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass or just 3D games in general).

As far as I remember you used the gyro as the second stick if you don't have the ccp, or maybe not. I do know the stylus was not involved anyway.

Deleted User wrote: »

Honestly.. I didn't really like Monster Hunter 3 (awaits the backlash). It just wasn't for me. It reminded me a bit too much of the likes of Pokemon, where you're pretty much just walking around and stuff happens.

I hated it on the 3ds, ccp or not, it was really hard to control and play for me.
Had a lot more fun with it on the wii u.

CiDeRmAn

I loved it and finished it with the circle pad pro, it was a lot of fun.
It felt a lot like Resi 4 though it was a lot less varied in terms of enemy types, which was disappointing.
The game had twists and turns and the combat is satisfying.
Well worth owning.

Yea, the movement without the circle pad pro, which I have no intention of getting, was next to impossible and just found it way too difficult to actually attack anything with any sort of precision without it. Not to mention how damned annoying it was to swim ...

Star Lord

They've removed the underwater stuff in MH4, and it's a lot more fun and engaging than MH3.
The charge blade is just awesome.

CliCliW

I don't think I've ever bought a game on the 3DS that I outright hated. I'm a big pokemon fan, but other than them:

Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora's Mask 3D
A Link Between Worlds
Bravely Default (is turn based but the mechanics are so broken that you barely need to participate in fights sometimes. Also, it becomes more enjoyable the more you learn about it and the mechanics)
Fantasy Life
Animal Crossing for laid back gaming

I'd also recommend flicking through the eshop. You'd be surprised at the total gems you'd find. I just finished the original Legend of Zelda yesterday, and I'm also enjoying Citizens of Earth. Apparently it's got a very "Earthbound/Mother" feel to it. I just know it's a game with a great sense of humour (by Atlus )

meliselis

I can recommend animal crossing new leaf, harvest moon the tale of two towns, mario kart.
the Lego games are always nice aswell. (jurassic park, LOTR and the Hobitt are really nice)

you have already tried the pokemon games?

meliselis

meliselis wrote: »

I can recommend animal crossing new leaf, harvest moon the tale of two towns, mario kart.
the Lego games are always nice aswell. (jurassic park, LOTR and the Hobitt are really nice)

you have already tried the pokemon games?

Yeah, I tried playing one of them, because people with DSes (DSs? DSeseses?) usually rave about it and I did play quite a lot of it, but kept getting fed up with the random attacks. Like I couldn't walk a few feet without someone attacking me.

meliselis

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, I tried playing one of them, because people with DSes (DSs? DSeseses?) usually rave about it and I did play quite a lot of it, but kept getting fed up with the random attacks. Like I couldn't walk a few feet without someone attacking me.

that annoys me as well, you can buy the repel to scare them away but it doesn't work for a very long time. :-/

you like the Lego games?

Never played any! What would you recommend?

meliselis

i enjoyed LOTR, the hobbit and jurassic park the most! nice sense of humor, and the free play modus is stunning!
But the other ones are nice as well, star wars for example!

meliselis

So, back in love again?

Pac1Man

I have a feeling this relationship is one sided.